今日真道圣言/2014年8月16日

小要理问答

12 问：当人受造时，神向人施行特别的护理作为，是什么？

答：当神造人之后，祂与人立了生命的圣约，以完全顺服为条件；禁止人吃那分别善恶树上的果子，以死亡的痛苦为刑罚。

12 Q. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?

A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death.

大要理问答

20 问：上帝对人在当初受造的景况时，其护理之工是什么？

答：上帝对人起初受造时的护理之工，是：

将他安置在乐园中，使他修理看守这园子，赐他可以随意吃园中各样树上的果子；

又将万物伏在他的治理下，并设立婚姻帮助他；

赐恩使他与上帝相交团契；

设立安息日，与他立下生命之约，以始终完全的顺服为条件，将生命树作为立约的凭据；

并且禁止他吃分别善恶树的果子，以死亡的痛苦为刑罚。

Q. 20. What was the providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created?

A. The providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created, was the placing him in paradise, appointing him to dress it, giving him liberty to eat of the fruit of the earth; putting the creatures under his dominion, and ordaining marriage for his help; affording him communion with himself; instituting the Sabbath; entering into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of personal, perfect, and perpetual obedience, of which the tree of life was a pledge; and forbidding to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death.

威斯敏斯特信条

6.1我们的始祖，因被撒但的诡计与试探所诱惑，就吃了禁果而犯罪。然而上帝愿意按照祂的智慧与圣洁的计划，为了彰显自己的荣耀，就任凭他们犯下此罪。

6.2他们因犯此罪，失落了他们原先之正直，从与上帝相交的地位堕落了，于是死在罪中，并且灵魂和身体的各个部分与一切功能，都被全然玷污了。

6.3始祖既为全人类的根源，此罪咎就归算给他们的后裔，并且罪中之死与败坏本性，就传给了他们按常例生出的所有后代子孙。